Péter Tornyai
Fritz und Franz
for Streichquartett
Péter Tornyai
Fritz und Franz
for Streichquartett
- Instrumentation String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola and Cello)
- Composer Péter Tornyai
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Editio Musica Budapest
- Order no. EMB15294
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Description:
The piece's title refers to two historical moments in music history where a monarch played an important role in the creation of a musical work. I. Fritz The movement is a ricercar based on a theme given by King Frederick the Great of Prussia, on which Bach's Musical Offering is based. II. Franz According to László Somfai's discovery, Haydn hid an acrostic of the phrase 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' ('God save Francis the Emperor') in the main theme of his String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3: g-e-f-d-c. These five notes - now with Haydn's harmonies - appear again and again throughout the movement as a simultaneity of independent voices (see the music example below). Péter Tornyai